Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Cleveland

Reminder: Just Laying Track Is No Guarantee Riders Will Come

By Angie Schmitt | May 12, 2016 | No Comments

Laying track isn’t enough to build a successful transit system — as some cities are learning the hard way. A slate of new rail projects — mostly mixed-traffic streetcars, but that’s not the only way to mess up — are attracting embarrassingly few passengers. Some of these projects may be salvageable to some extent, but for now, they don’t […]

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Highway Propaganda Vids Sell City Residents on the Wonders of Wider Roads

By Angie Schmitt | May 3, 2016 | No Comments

It’s not enough for highway builders to carve out land at great public expense so they can jam more cars into cities. Now they want you to believe their projects are great for the neighborhoods that bear the brunt of the added traffic and pollution. Up top is a video produced by the Colorado Department of Transportation to sell the […]

How Cleveland Prevents BRT Bus Mirrors From Clobbering Customers

By John Greenfield | Dec 23, 2015 | 18 Comments

As I wrote this morning, the CTA is currently requiring bus operators to drive no faster than 3 mph when passing by the long, raised Loop Link bus rapid transit platforms. This is to ensure that the buses’ rearview mirrors don’t strike customers who are standing too close to the platform edge. Unfortunately, this has […]

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HUD Tells Cleveland: Don’t Let Opportunity Corridor Go “Horribly Wrong”

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 7, 2015 | No Comments

It was a sad day in Washington, DC, last year when Harriet Tregoning left the DC Office of Planning. But it’s becoming clear that she’s a great addition at HUD. In her capacity as the agency’s principal deputy assistant secretary for community development, Tregoning issued a stern warning to the city of Cleveland and Ohio DOT last […]

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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Race, Sprawl, and Car Culture

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 25, 2014 | No Comments

Atlantic Senior Editor Ta-Nehisi Coates was in Cleveland last week talking about his acclaimed long-form article, “The Case for Reparations,” which reviews the history of economic and social oppression of African Americans. I got to attend the talk, and late in his speech Coates made a few points that touch on the subjects we cover […]

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The Ridiculous Politics That Slow Down America’s Best BRT Route

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 13, 2014 | No Comments

Cleveland’s Healthline is widely viewed as the best bus rapid transit project in the country — and for many good reasons. Running on dedicated center lanes, the Healthline isn’t bogged down by car traffic on the most congested portions of its 7.1-mile route. With about 14,000 daily trips, the Healthline has increased ridership nearly 50 […]

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How the Federal TIGER Program Revived a Cleveland Neighborhood

By Angie Schmitt | May 15, 2014 | No Comments

Cleveland doesn’t look like a dying Rust Belt city these days in the Little Italy and University Circle neighborhoods. In fact, it looks like it’s thriving. At the corner of Euclid and Mayfield, a new mixed-use development — MRN’s “Uptown” — is filling out, hosting a bookstore, a bakery, bars, and new apartments. Just across […]

The CTA’s Ashland Bus Rapid Transit Plan Is Anything But Unprecedented

By John Greenfield | Nov 1, 2013 | 52 Comments

Opponents of the CTA’s plan to build fast, reliable bus rapid transit on Ashland Avenue have argued that, despite the success of BRT in numerous international and U.S. cities, Ashland is a unique street where converting car lanes to dedicated bus lanes won’t work. Streetsblog readers also have asked for examples of systems that share […]

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ITDP Study: “A Coming Out for Bus-Based Transit-Oriented Development”

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 26, 2013 | No Comments

In a new report making the rounds this week, “More Development For Your Transit Dollar: An Analysis of 21 North American Transit Corridors,” the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy does two things. First, authors Walter Hook, Stephanie Lotshaw, and Annie Weinstock evaluate which factors determine the impact of urban transit on development, coming up […]